Chapter 9, Gunning Down

"I'm sorry what?" Fitz looked at Clarissa with big eyes.

"You need to lay off Maya Lewis." Clarissa sighed and looked at Fitz, "Next to you, she's our only chance at making sure that Liv becomes Liv again."

"She's an international problem, that's what she is." Fitz argued and pick up his son and walked to the door and handed his son to the nanny. He closed the door and turned to face Clarissa.

"What's it to you anyway?"

"Olivia doesn't remember her mom being alive," Clarissa sighs, "Well coming back from the dead."

"You mean Rowan keeping her for twenty two years." Fitz defends.

"Almost twenty three." Clarissa sighs and looks at Fitz, "Fitz, it's time to start manning up. Your wife is meddling with an assassin along with your chief of staff. Your son, doesn't call his mother mama, instead he calls her Martha as in Martha the nanny. Your best friend or whatever he is to you is now the head of the most secret organization thus getting rid of your enemy, so you think. Now your mistress aka love of your life lost her memory that also happens to be manipulated by your mortal enemy who also happen to that assassin that I was talking so discreetly about." Clarissa walked up to Fitz, "So pay attention Fitz. You need to start being man because right now your dick isn't enough to qualify you as a man."

Fitz glares at Clarissa and then sighs, "And you're sure she can help."

"She is Rowans worst nightmare." Clarissa says firmly.

"Then do what you have to do." Fitz said, "I'll make the necessary calls to make sure, her search party is shut down."

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Mellie stood in Cyrus's office while Cyrus looked at the polls.

"We need a plan. A good plan." Mellie said walking up and down his office.

"Can you fall pregnant again?" Cyrus looked at Mellie, "Because that could help polls right."

"I'm sorry." Mellie snapped, "But I don't think my body can hold that much weight anymore."

"Your body can't handle the pregnancy or you can't handle being a mother again." Cyrus said.

Mellie looked at Cyrus and glared at him, "You're an idiot." Mellie snaps at him and looks away. Mellie sees through the door that is slightly open, Clarissa walks by and Mellie quickly opens the door. Clarissa stops in front of Cyrus' office to look at Mellie.

"I won't allow you to ruin Fitz' life." Mellie snapped at her.

"So I should leave it you?" Clarissa smirked at her, "Because you're both doing such a bang up job at it." Clarissa looks at both Cyrus and Mellie, "Stay out of my face Millicent. I'm not someone you want to easily mess with."

"And I'm supposed to be scared of you?" Mellie smirked back at her.

"Mellie," Clarissa smiled and proceeded slowly, "I. Will. Gun. You. Down." Clarissa walked away. Mellie turned to look at Cyrus, "Can I kill her?"

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Clarissa walked into OPA, to find Huck sitting there looking at his screen. He looked depressed. Hurt. In other words, not happy.

"You ok?" Clarissa asked sitting down across from him.

"She took shooting lessons." Huck said.

"What?"

"Quinn, she's been taking shooting lessons." Huck sighed, "She was right…I didn't give her enough credit for what she did for us…for me."

"You know it's not too late," Clarissa said, "You could call her or visit, but I don't think that's such a good idea. She may kill you."

"No she will." Huck sighed, "I used to be normal."

Clarissa looked at him and then said, "I know." Huck looked up at her in shock.

"Not only because I'm good at finding out anything about anybody," Clarissa sighed, "But also because I was also normal for a while. A really short while. But my past is what's made my future much stronger." Clarissa's phone goes off and she looks at the caller ID. Tom. Clarissa smiles at herself and presses the end button as Harrison walks into room with a folder.

"We have a new client." Harrison says.

"What about Liv?" Huck asks.

"Liv is our priority." Harrison sighs, "But she's be pissed if she knew that we weren't taking any of our clients seriously."

"True." Clarissa sighed, "Who's the client?"

"Nigel Phillips." Harrison stated putting a picture up of an old man in a suit, "His son wants to be Governor of Ohio. His name Kane Phillips." Clarissa looked at the picture and her eyes went bigger.

"Handsome, I know." Abby smiled walking into the room with a cup of coffee.

"Hhhe wants to be g-g-governor?" Clarissa said slowly. She felt like all the blood had drained from her face.

"Yeah and we're gonna help him." Abby smiled and looked at Clarissa, "Clarissa are you ok."

"Yeah, I'm fine." Clarissa smiled, "Um we should probably get started."

"Well's here a few things that you need to know about Kane that you should know," Abby smiled, "He has two sister, Keira and Kelly-Jane. He grew up in Ohio, was a high school jock with straight B's, graduated four years ago and he's father is a huge political figure in Ohio."

"What does he's father do?" Huck asked still looking at his laptop.

"He's Senator Phillips." Clarissa said comfortably. Everyone looks at her, "Well I'm just guessing."

"Well lucky guess." Abby smiled, "But get this Phillips is related to another political figure."

"If you say Fitz I'll have a heart attack." Harrison said.

"No, Sally Langston and Nigel Phillips are half siblings." Abby said, "He's mother is her mother. Sally's the oldest by ten years."

"That's a dirty little secret to keep." Clarissa smiled.

"Yes, that's exactly what it is." Everybody turned to find Olivia standing in the room with Edison.

"Liv," Abby said shocked, "What are you doing here?"

"I own this company don't I?" Olivia said simply, "I just…nothing looks in the slightest bit familiar but it seems like me."

"Then you should see your office." Huck said, "That's you."

"Olivia wanted to come see where she work-" Edison said but Clarissa interrupted him, "We've got it chocolate cupcake. You should go; we've got it from here."

"I'm not going anywhere." Edison said firmly.

"Then allow me to me kick your firm black ass." Clarissa stood up but Huck caught her before she could attack Edison which was her exact angle, "Do you know where I'm from! I'm from the streets you asshole and do you know what happens to people like you, we eat you fools up for breakfast, I will gun you down Edison Davis, do you hear me!" Clarissa shouted.

Harrison walked in front of her, "Whoa, Huck take her to your office and start finding out if you can find anything else on Phillips." Huck nods and drags an angry Clarissa away from the room.

"Thanks man." Edison sighed and held his hand out.

Harrison looks at his hand, "You're thanking me for keeping a twenty-something year old girl from kicking your butt which I'm pretty sure she would have done easily. So don't thank me, just stay out of the way."

Edison puts his hand down while Olivia walks up to him and holds his hand, "Don't worry about it, I'm sure she's all talk but no action." Olivia smiled at him.

"No she's not," Abby said defensively, "When you tried to recruit her, she flipped Huck over onto his back. Huck, out of all people, Huck. I mean I would have understood if she did it to someone like…Harrison, no offence."

"None Taken." Harrison shrugged.

"And I recruited her?" Olivia asked letting go of Edison's hand.

"Yeah," Harrison sighed, "We lost Quinn and we needed-"

"Quinn?" Olivia asked.

"Oh yeah that's right." Abby sighed, "Maybe Senator Davis can leave you here for an hour or two and we can explain how this became the high light of your life."

"I don't think-" Edison began but Olivia interrupted him, "Oh please Edison. I need to start this sooner or later."

Edison sighed then smiled, "Fine, I have work to do anyway. I'll pick you up at around five."

"No need, I'll take her home." Abby smiled. Edison glared at her then kissed Olivia on the cheek which caught Olivia off guard and the Edison walked out the door.

"Back to Clarissa." Olivia suggested.

"What about me?" Clarissa said walking in and behind her was Huck, "Don't worry about it, I made out with Huck I'm fine now."

"What?" Harrison and Abby said in shock.

"I'm kidding." Clarissa said sitting down in front of her laptop.

"So I recruited you?" Olivia asked sitting next to her.

"Yeah pretty much." Clarissa said focusing on her laptop and not Olivia.

"What happened to Quinn?" Olivia asked.

"Well she…" Clarissa looked at Abby and Harrison who just subtly shook their head, "She found work elsewhere."

"Oh." Olivia said and then looked at Clarissa. Olivia felt like she was looking in a mirror because Clarissa's eyes were the same shade of brown as hers, "That's weird."

"What?" Clarissa asked looking at her.

"Your eyes." Olivia said causing Clarissa to stand up quickly away from Olivia.

"Um, I invited Senator Phillips to the office with his son." Clarissa sighed, "But I won't be here for that weird interview."

"You guys you won't believe this." Huck said, "Kane Phillips was a jock in high school but also a nice player."

"How did you get that?" Clarissa said defensively which Huck was beginning to notice. Ever since Harrison had told them the new case, Clarissa had been acting strangely and that was rich coming from her.

"Well it's in the electronical yearly report of five years ago." Huck said.

"But that's not enough proof that he did anything wrong as teenager. That doesn't scream dirty little secret." Abby said.

"Then why not contact the school and find out what his behavior as a student was." Olivia suggested. Everybody turned to look at her.

"Exactly what the old Liv would've said." Harrison smiled and looked at Abby, "Get hold of the school in Ohio, St John's High School."

"On it." Abby smiled and walked to her office.

"I'm going to check what I can find on what Sally/Nigel family fiasco." Harrison smiled and walked away.

Clarissa looked at Olivia and sighed, "Want to see your office?"

Olivia nodded smiling. Clarissa and Olivia walked to Olivia office. Olivia smiled and looked around at the surroundings.

"It's very me." Olivia smiled and looked at Clarissa who was smiling at her.

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By the time Olivia and Abby were in the car. Abby could still not get hold of St Johns.

She was on the phone with David while they were on their way home.

"I just think that her fiancé should be staying with her, not you." David said.

"I just think you need to be patient because this is Liv we're talking about," Abby said as her phoned beeped, "oh gotta go, have another phone call." Abby hung up on David and answered, "Abby Whelan speaking."

"Miss Whelan. This is Headmistress Kweller from St Johns High School." A formal woman said on the other line, "I received a voice message from you about two hours ago." Abby put the phone on loud speaker and placed it on the phone stand which she drove. Olivia looked at Abby and back at the phone.

"I called you today in regards to a former student that was at your school." Abby said simply, "Kane Phillips."

"Oh Kane," Headmistress kweller said happily, "What a lovely child."

"Of course he was…" Abby smiled as Headmistress went on, "He was the perfect addition to this school. Gave us a great name, and our name will be higher once he becomes Governor."

"Of course it will…" Abby smiled.

"As long as those senile children that tried to ruin his life due to jealousy don't come out," the headmistress said, "then he will be fine. The lord does not like sinners like that."

"Sinner? What sinners?" It was Olivia who asked the question.

"I shouldn't be repeating this story," the headmistress said, "But when Kane was in tenth grade, he was dating a cheerleader. Now at St John's we teach those to be celibate. This girl was part of celibacy club; her family was very Christian and had very good values. The girl claimed she was pregnant. But she didn't tell people; people found out and exposed her. I believe she planned it like that. However when people talked about it all over town she ducked and we never saw her again. Those poor parents of hers papered not only Delphos with those things but I'm sure it was the whole of Allen County and Ohio."

"Did they ever find her?" Abby asked.

"No," the headmistress said, "Rumor has it, she died."

"What were the parent's name?"

"Oh let me just think, oh yes, Noah and Monica Simmons." The headmistress said, "Their daughter, what was her name again…Jean Simmons?"

Abby looked at Olivia then thanked the lady then got hold of Huck, "Huck, see what you can get on a Jean Simmons or a Noah and Monica Simmons."

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"Yeah I'm here Fitz." Clarissa said walking into Olivia's apartment, "Yeah I know she was supposed to have her appointment with Dr. Carter, I'll find out now what happened."

Abby and Olivia were sitting on Olivia's couch eating Popcorn and drinking wine.

"Liv," Clarissa held the burner phone out for Olivia, "The President of the United Ass wants to speak to you." Olivia smiles and takes the phone and walks to her bedroom.

"Do you think they making progress?" Abby said as Clarissa sat down next to her taking a handful of Popcorn.

"I think they making great progress," Clarissa smiled, "How love popcorn. This was my meal when I was sad or down as a kid."

Abby looked at Clarissa and said, "So was Liv's."

Clarissa just looked at Abby and said matter of factly, "That doesn't prove anything. Where are we with Phillips?"

"Well we may have found another dirty secret," Abby said, "Kane may have gotten a girl pregnant." Clarissa choked a little and looked at Abby, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah just swallowed wrong," Clarissa said, "Um whose this chick?"

"Well Huck is still trying to find her." Abby said, "But a Jean Simmons. You think you could help Huck track her down."

"Can I? What a stupid question." Clarissa laughed nervously.

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"Hi." Olivia said as she entered her bedroom.

"Hi." Fitz said wondering if maybe she had a memory of saying that, "How have you been?"

"I've been better," Olivia said then chuckled, "But I wouldn't know because I can't remember that."

"Yeah but you have been better, I would know." Fitz smiled then his smile faded when he asked, "Why did you cancel your appointment with Dr. Carter today?"

"I didn't have an appointment today." Olivia frowned.

"But Dr. Carter told me that you canceled via email even." Fitz said seriously then realized who it could have been, "Never mind."

"You ok?" Olivia asked sympathetically.

"Yeah just super."

"So today I figured out I still have jeans." Olivia smiled, "Which apparently I don't wear much off…did we ever hang out casually."

"Not really." Fitz said looking up, "I mean there was a time I took you hunting but…that ended differently than we had both hoped."

"What happened?"

"I'll explain it another day." Fitz sighed knowing that telling her that they had kissed would be less the subtle.

"How about this Saturday." Olivia said, "I'm trying on wedding dresses. We're such good friends and I want a man's opinion. I mean Abby will be there so it won't be weird or anything. The designer's coming to my apartment so it will be easy for you to get here without reporters and what not."

Fitz sat looking at his ceiling. He could believe what he just heard and he felt a lump fill his throat.

"I would love to." Fitz smiled and Olivia smiled but she didn't know why she was so happy that she would get to the President.

"So Mr. President how was your day?" Olivia asked opening her closet whilst on the phone. She was going to change when she was done talking to Fitz. She tried to see what she could right at the back but she felt a paper bag and pulled it out while Fitz was talking.

She looked at the bag, it was a pharmacy bag. She opened it and felt like the blood had been drained from her cheeks.

"…When he said that I just lost it with laughter." Fitz chuckled but did not hear a response from her, "Liv?"

"I'll call you back." Olivia hung up and took the box out the back. It had already been opened. She read the box;

-Not Pregnant
+Pregnant

Olivia took the pregnancy test out while Clarissa's burner phone rang. Clarissa and Abby walked into the room.

"Liv, are you going to…" Clarissa stopped when she saw Olivia on the floor holding two pregnancy tests with prominent plus signs on both of them.

"Omigod." Abby and Clarissa said together.

Hey guys, hope you enjoyed this Chapter. Please leave your thoughts and let me know what you think. That would be great, thank you. The reviews so far have been great and for that I'm truly grateful. I've been adding pieces like it would be in the show, like the Ohio thing but you will find that it falls into the plot perfectly.

In the next chapter we find out what Clarissa has been up too. We also see where her relationship with Tom is going. And my biggest factor what's up with Olivia's huge discovery. Stay tuned for more.

Chani